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Walktober with Monkey ’24

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And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair. ~Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese-American writer, poet, and philosopher

I Monkey here.

It’s time for Walktober, something I look forward to as soon as it’s announced! And when Penny’s mom Dawn announced it, I was ready.

Mama picked that dumb quote up top, thinking we’d have a windy day, but she was wrong. It was beautiful — sunny and around 60 degrees — just perfect for a jaunt through my park.

St. Dallas never Walktobered here, so I thought it would be ideal to share it with you. Let’s GO!!!

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Thankful Thursday (7)

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Wouldn’t it be an exhilarating tonic for the soul to take a moment to appreciate the simple, good things in life which are so bountiful…? ~Author unknown, c.1949

Cranberries are here!

Delicious and good for you.

Savor autumn’s joy.

Note: This is yet another post celebrating things we ought to be grateful for. Did you know cranberries are loaded with antioxidants and show benefits for heart, digestion, oral health, urinary tract, skin, and other parts of the human body?

Working Toward Perfection

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You can always tell when two people are best friends because they are having more fun than it makes sense for them to be having. ~Author unknown

Symphonic Band is back after an almost three-month break, and I’ve got to say, it feels wonderful!

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Monkey Fights “The Itchies”

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Our downfall as a species is that we are arrogant enough to think that we can control Mother Nature and stupid enough to think it is our job. ~Greg Peterson, 1997, urbanfarm.org

I Monkey here.

Don’t you think not-even-four is too young to be going bald?

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A Trio of Verses

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Put all your faith in poets. You will find few others to share Beauty with you; and it cannot be borne alone. ~Christopher Morley, American journalist, novelist, essayist, and poet

The Toad:

There once was a toad so black
With warts upon his back
He hopped around
With nary a sound
Looking for something to snack.

The Cicada:

Cicadas seem to have vanished
Into the sunset, or wherever they go,
Crawling deep into the earth’s underground
And hibernating for several decades.
Don’t worry, they’ll be back eventually
And announce their presence with loud fanfare!

The Stag Beetle:

When

I was

Out walking

The Monk, we saw

This immense beetle

Chilling on the sidewalk.

I stopped to get his picture.

Shivering at getting too close

To his wicked pincers and finding

Myself captured by those strong mandibles.

Note: First poem is a Limerick; second is Acrostic; third is Etheree.

The Benefits of Water

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But I do see the good side of water now. How good it is when you’re really thirsty, how it glitters and gurgles! How alive it is! ~G.K. Chesterton, English author and philosopher

Have you ever seen one of these things? Do you know what it does? Am I just being late to the party once again?

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Thankful Thursday (6)

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The reason it hurts so much to separate is because our souls are connected. ~Nicholas Sparks, American best-selling novelist, screenwriter, and film producer

The nest is empty

My baby bunnies are gone

Successfully hatched!

 

Note: Another in the Thankful Thursday series, in which we focus on things we’re grateful for.

Shh, Bunnies Are Sleeping!

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Everything in Nature suggests the infinite. ~Henry James Slack, English journalist, activist, and science writer

I

Wondered

Why my new

Plants didn’t seem

To be growing well.

I peeked a bit closer

And saw a nest of babies!

Bunnies tucked into each other,

Fast asleep in my whiskey barrel.

Eating my snapdragons and my dahlia.

 

What was their mother thinking, I wondered,

As I stood and watched them slowly stir.

Didn’t she smell my Monkey dog

And know he’d be after her

And those babies as soon

As they vaulted free

From their cocoon?

Another

Problem.

Sigh.

Note: Poetry form is Double Etheree.

Thankful Thursday (5)

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Gratitude is the memory of the heart. ~Jean Massieu, pioneering deaf educator from France

Finally an end

To heat and humidity.

A welcome cold front

Note: This is another in the Thankful Thursday series, in which we express gratitude for something in our world. While I might not post every week on this topic, I do try to focus on the positive things in life. We’ve had a string of beastly hot and muggy days, but when these clouds rolled overhead, I knew we were in for some relief (and I wasn’t wrong!)

Graduated … Again!

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Eighty percent of success is showing up. ~Woody Allen, American filmmaker, actor, and commedian

I Monkey here.

Bet you’ve all been thinking about me and wondering how I’ve been getting along in the second phase of Puppy School.

Wait no more.

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